Marion Gruenke was born May 8, 1912 near Morris, Manitoba,
Canada, the daughter of Emil and Mary (Fenske) Gruenke.

In 1919, the family moved from the Morris area and settled
east of Emerson. Marion grew up and attended the Manchester School. She
received her nurses training at the Misericordia Hospital, Winnipeg, and
went on to work as a registered nurse in New York State and later in Hallock.

On March 30, 1949, she was united in marriage to Harris
Easton at Hallock. The couple farmed near Humboldt for many years.

They moved into Hallock in 1980. Harris died April 22,
1984. Marion was a member of the Humboldt United Methodist Church.

Family members include a daughter, Ellen (Charles) Malmberg,
Appleton, WI; two sons, William (Diane) Easton, Fergus Falls, and Donald
(Ruth) Easton, St. Vincent; several grandchildren; and a brother, Alfred
Gruenke, Winnipeg.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harris;
four sisters, Emma, Louise, Ruth and Helen, and six brothers, Theodore,
Albert, Robert, Otto and two infant brothers.